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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 11, 2015Henderson County, Kaufman County, Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2015, 12:05 AM CDT for Henderson County, Kaufman County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2015, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Henderson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 10, 3:19 PM CDT, 8 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:19 PM CDT, 8 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
319 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
AS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTERACTS WITH
NUMEROUS MESO-SCALE BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM EARLIER CONVECTION.
THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AS WELL AS
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST ZONES THIS EVENING AND
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. WE EXPECT STORM
CHANCES TO DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND INTO MONDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR BEGINS TO WORK IN BEHIND THE
FRONT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST ZONES. AGAIN SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE. WE WILL LEAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN PLACE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY.

THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY AND BRING
AN END TO MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...SOME SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL LINGER NORTH OF THE FRONT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES.

THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BEGIN TO LIFT NORTH/NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY IN
RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE WEST. AS A
RESULT...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE INTO NEW MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY
AND ACROSS WEST TEXAS ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DECREASE FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE
UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE REGION AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH
PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS OVER THE STATE. THE UPPER RIDGE IS PROGGED
TO FLATTEN AND MOVE QUICKLY EAST ON SATURDAY AS YET ANOTHER LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
MORE RAIN CHANCES NEXT SUNDAY AND BEYOND.

RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL MONDAY AND
TUESDAY WILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS
BUT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY. WE WILL STILL HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH FLOODING
THROUGH THE WEEK DUE TO SATURATED CONDITIONS IN MANY LOCATIONS.

79

&&

.AVIATION...
/ISSUED 106 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015/
THE LARGEST IMPACT TO AVIATION SHOULD OCCUR DURING THE NEXT 6 T0
10 HOURS. WE EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY CONTINUE TO
INTERACT WITH NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES AND EVEN AN APPROACHING DRY LINE
AND COLD FRONT. OVERALL...THE AFTERNOON WILL BE VFR EXCEPT FOR IN
AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS WHERE MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.
THE BEST WINDOW OF TIME FOR STORMS AT THE METROPLEX TAF SITES WILL
BE FROM 18Z UNTIL ABOUT 02Z. STORMS MAY START A BIT LATER IN WACO
AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING.

THE DRY LINE WILL ENTER INTO THE WESTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON AND
BE OVERTAKEN BY THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. ONCE THE COLD FRONT
ARRIVES...RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.
WITH ALL PRECIPITATION ENDING AT THE TAF SITES BEFORE SUNRISE
MONDAY.

EXPECT A WIND SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AT THE METROPLEX TAF SITES
AROUND 06Z BUT NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY NOT
INCREASE UNTIL CLOSER TO SUNRISE. THE WIND SHIFT IN WACO SHOULD
NOT ARRIVE UNTIL CLOSER TO 12Z MONDAY.

79

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  61  79  56  73  59 /  70  20  20  40  50
WACO, TX              65  82  57  72  60 /  80  40  60  60  50
PARIS, TX             63  78  56  73  59 /  80  30  10  30  40
DENTON, TX            58  79  54  74  59 /  70  20  10  40  50
MCKINNEY, TX          59  78  56  74  59 /  80  20  10  40  50
DALLAS, TX            62  80  57  73  59 /  80  20  20  40  50
TERRELL, TX           64  80  58  74  60 /  80  40  20  40  50
CORSICANA, TX         65  83  59  73  61 /  80  40  40  40  50
TEMPLE, TX            66  84  58  69  62 /  80  60  60  60  50
MINERAL WELLS, TX     58  78  56  72  59 /  50  20  20  40  50

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TXZ091>095-100>107-
115>121-129>134-141-143>145.

&&

79/79
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:44 PM CDT, 8 hours 21 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 6:05 PM CDT, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
605 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

TXZ091-101-102-102345-
MONTAGUE TX-WISE TX-JACK TX-
605 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WISE...MONTAGUE AND
JACK COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 604 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MONTAGUE AND JACK COUNTIES...MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF FLOODING IN
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE VERY SATURATED GROUNDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRIDGEPORT...BOWIE...JACKSBORO...NOCONA...ALVORD...ST. JO...CHICO...
BRYSON...STONEBURG...FORESTBURG...SUNSET...BOONSVILLE...NEWPORT...
RUNAWAY BAY AND LAKE BRIDGEPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3390 9758 3392 9750 3352 9749 3301 9791
      3301 9841 3324 9842 3347 9820 3347 9798
      3369 9798 3374 9793 3396 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 202DEG 24KT 3359 9771

JLDUNN
Local storm report, May 10, 6:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
640 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0638 PM     HAIL             CARL'S CORNER           32.09N  97.04W
05/10/2015  E1.00 INCH       HILL               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR THE I35W/I35E SPLIT AT CARL'S
            CORNER.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro53 min
May 10, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro67 min
May 10, 7:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson4 hr
May 10, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Navarro31 min
May 10, 7:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill3 hr
May 10, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill, Navarro49 min
May 10, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Navarro5 hr
May 10, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson, Van Zandt37 min
May 10, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro53 min
May 10, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt38 min
May 10, 8:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMcLennan3 hr
May 10, 8:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche34 hr
May 10, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt35 min
May 10, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Hopkins, Rains41 min
May 10, 9:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt3 hr
May 10, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt61 min
May 10, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt66 min
May 10, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt36 min
May 10, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas41 min
May 10, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro64 min
May 10, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyFWDNavarro3 hr
May 10, 10:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill, Limestone, McLennan3 hr
May 10, 11:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDCooke, Denton9 hr
May 10, 11:20 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDGrayson9 hr
May 10, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell, Lampasas40 min
May 11, 12:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCoryell, Lampasas3 hr
May 11, 12:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas43 min
May 11, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson40 min
May 11, 12:13 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDEllis6 hr
May 11, 12:14 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson31 min
May 11, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWDAnderson, Bell, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Leon and 5 more6 hr
May 11, 12:51 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyFWDHenderson4 hr
May 11, 12:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone3 hr
May 11, 1:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson51 min
May 11, 1:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro3 hr
May 11, 1:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDHill, McLennan6 hr
May 11, 2:08 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone37 min
May 11, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson52 min
May 11, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon64 min
May 11, 3:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt3 hr
May 11, 3:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDLimestone54 hr
May 11, 3:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDLeon, Robertson13 days
May 11, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon, Robertson49 min
May 11, 4:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone6 hr
May 11, 4:41 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDNavarro6 hr
May 11, 5:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam46 min
May 11, 5:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMilam, Robertson3 hr
May 11, 5:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt3 hr
May 11, 9:18 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt6 hr
May 11, 9:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Leon58 days
May 11, 10:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDNavarro6 hr
May 11, 3:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWDAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more52 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.